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2020 Categoría Primera A season

The 2020 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2020 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 23 January[1] and concluded on 29 December 2020. América de Cali entered the season as defending champions having won the 2019 Finalización tournament, and managed to defend their title by beating Santa Fe 3–2 on aggregate in the finals, winning their fifteenth domestic league championship.[2]

Liga BetPlay Dimayor
Season2020
Dates23 January – 29 December 2020
ChampionsAmérica de Cali (15th title)
RelegatedCúcuta Deportivo (disaffiliated)
Copa LibertadoresAmérica de Cali
Santa Fe
Junior
Atlético Nacional
Copa SudamericanaDeportes Tolima
La Equidad
Deportivo Pasto
Deportivo Cali
Matches played231
Goals scored563 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerMiguel Borja
(14 goals)
Biggest home winMillonarios 6–1 A. Petrolera
(15 November)
Biggest away winBoyacá Chicó 0–3 Atlético Nacional
(11 February)
Jaguares 0–3 Cúcuta Deportivo
(10 March)
Highest scoringLa Equidad 3–4 Atlético Nacional
(29 January)
Millonarios 6–1 A. Petrolera
(15 November)
Millonarios 5–2 Once Caldas
(27 November)
← 2019
2021 →

The competition was suspended from 13 March to 12 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league season was planned to be played as follows:

  • Two tournaments per year, with three stages each. The first stage would be contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once plus an additional match against a regional rival for a total of 20 games.
  • Due to the 2020 Copa América scheduled to be held in the country from mid-June to mid-July, and in order to conclude the Torneo Apertura on 24 May, the second stage for this tournament would be a knockout round contested by the top four teams at the end of the first stage, with the best-placed team at the end of the first stage facing the fourth-best placed team and the second-best placed team playing the third-best placed one in a double-legged series. The Torneo Finalización would feature the semifinal stage as it was played during the previous season.
  • The finals in both tournaments would be contested by the winners of each semifinal tie or group, playing a double-legged series for the championship.
  • The distribution of international qualification berths as well as the relegation system would not change.[3][1]

On 25 July 2020, DIMAYOR's General Assembly decided to continue playing the Torneo Apertura as the only tournament to be held in the season, with the semifinal stage originally planned for the Torneo Finalización. The allocation of international qualification berths was also altered, with the Copa Libertadores berth originally allocated to the Finalización winners going to the league runners-up, and the fourth Copa Sudamericana berth going to the winner of a play-off involving the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores and the 12 teams that fail to qualify for the semifinal stage.[4] Further format changes were confirmed on 13 August 2020, with DIMAYOR's General Assembly deciding to suspend relegation for this season and postpone it until the end of the first semester of 2021, in order to ensure teams could be able to play the same amount of matches as originally scheduled before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

On 9 September 2020, DIMAYOR confirmed the format to be used for the remainder of the season, with the single round-robin stage started in the Torneo Apertura being resumed and played as planned and eight teams advancing out of the first stage. The semifinal stage was ultimately replaced by double-legged knockout series to decide the league champions, whilst the 12 teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stage would be sorted into three groups of four teams, with the group winners and the best group runners-up advancing to a single-legged semifinal stage and the winners of those semifinals facing each other in a single-legged final, with its winner playing against the aggregate table fourth-best placed team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores for the Colombia 4 berth to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana.[6]

Teams

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20 teams took part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus Deportivo Pereira and Boyacá Chicó, who were promoted from the 2019 Primera B. Both promoted teams replaced Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila who were relegated at the end of the previous season by having finished as the bottom two teams of the relegation table.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2020 Categoría Primera A teams
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Petrolera   Dayron Montesino (caretaker) Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali   Juan Cruz Real Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Armenia Centenario[note 1] 20,716
Atlético Bucaramanga   Guillermo Sanguinetti Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000
Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata[note 2] 10,400
Atlético Nacional   Alejandro Restrepo (caretaker) Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Boyacá Chicó   Belmer Aguilar Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Cúcuta Deportivo   David Suárez Cúcuta General Santander 42,901
Armenia Centenario[note 3] 20,716
Deportes Tolima   Hernán Torres Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo[note 4] 8,000
Deportivo Cali   Alfredo Arias Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pasto   Diego Corredor Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,665
Deportivo Pereira   Alexis Márquez (caretaker) Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Envigado   José Arastey Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín   Humberto Sierra (caretaker) Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares   Alberto Suárez Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior   Luis Amaranto Perea Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
Romelio Martínez[note 5] 8,600
La Equidad   Alexis García Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Nemesio Camacho El Campín[note 6] 36,343
Millonarios   Alberto Gamero Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Once Caldas   Hubert Bodhert Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Patriotas   Abel Segovia Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Rionegro Águilas   Francesco Stifano Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Santa Fe   Harold Rivera Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
  1. ^ Used by América de Cali for their home match against Boyacá Chicó.
  2. ^ Used by Atlético Bucaramanga for their home matches against Deportivo Cali and Deportes Tolima due to Estadio Alfonso López hosting the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
  3. ^ Used by Cúcuta Deportivo for their home matches from September onwards due to the poor state of the pitch of Estadio General Santander.
  4. ^ Used by Deportes Tolima for their quarter-final home match against Junior due to remodeling works at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro.
  5. ^ Used by Junior for their home matches against Rionegro Águilas, Deportivo Pasto and Alianza Petrolera.
  6. ^ Used by La Equidad for their home match against Atlético Nacional for safety reasons.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
La Equidad   Guillermo Rivera End of caretaker spell 29 October 2019 Pre-season   Alexis García 7 January 2020[7]
Millonarios   Jorge Luis Pinto Resigned 5 November 2019[8]   Alberto Gamero 3 December 2019[9]
Atlético Bucaramanga   Sergio Novoa End of caretaker spell 5 November 2019   José Manuel Rodríguez 5 November 2019[10]
Rionegro Águilas   Flabio Torres Sacked 5 November 2019[11]   Francesco Stifano 12 December 2019[12]
Cúcuta Deportivo   Guillermo Sanguinetti End of contract 27 November 2019[13]   Jairo Patiño 5 January 2020[14]
Deportes Tolima   Alberto Gamero Signed by Millonarios 3 December 2019[15]   Hernán Torres 6 December 2019[16]
Deportivo Pasto   Octavio Zambrano Sacked 4 December 2019[17]   Diego Corredor 4 December 2019[17]
Deportivo Cali   Lucas Pusineri Mutual consent 7 December 2019[18]   Alfredo Arias 13 December 2019[19]
Atlético Bucaramanga   José Manuel Rodríguez Sacked 17 February 2020[20] 20th   Jorge Amado Nunes (caretaker) 17 February 2020[20]
Cúcuta Deportivo   Jairo Patiño 17 February 2020[21] 16th   Jorge Artigas 17 February 2020[22]
Atlético Bucaramanga   Jorge Amado Nunes End of caretaker spell 23 February 2020 17th   Guillermo Sanguinetti 22 February 2020[23]
Jaguares   Juan Cruz Real Resigned 12 March 2020[24] 16th   Alberto Suárez 17 July 2020[25]
América de Cali   Alexandre Guimarães End of contract 14 June 2020[note 1][27] 8th   Juan Cruz Real 13 July 2020[28]
Boyacá Chicó   Jhon Jaime Gómez Sacked 2 September 2020[29] 19th   Belmer Aguilar 2 September 2020[29]
Junior   Julio Comesaña Resigned 14 September 2020[30] 6th   Luis Amaranto Perea 14 September 2020[30]
Independiente Medellín   Aldo Bobadilla Mutual consent 28 September 2020[31] 13th   Javier Álvarez 2 October 2020[32]
Deportivo Pereira   Néstor Craviotto Resigned 26 October 2020[33] 16th   Alexis Márquez (caretaker) 3 November 2020[34]
Atlético Nacional   Juan Carlos Osorio Sacked 1 November 2020[35] 7th   Alejandro Restrepo (caretaker)[note 2] 5 November 2020[37]
Cúcuta Deportivo   Jorge Artigas Resigned 3 November 2020[38] 19th   David Suárez 4 November 2020[39]
Independiente Medellín   Javier Álvarez 15 November 2020[40] 14th   Humberto Sierra (caretaker) 15 November 2020[40]
Alianza Petrolera   César Torres Sacked 15 November 2020[41] 15th   Dayron Montesino (caretaker) 15 November 2020[41]
Patriotas   Nelson Gómez 17 November 2020[42] 18th   Abel Segovia 17 November 2020[43]
  1. ^ Contract suspended since 14 May 2020.[26]
  2. ^ Pompilio Páez was caretaker manager for the second leg of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana second stage since Alejandro Restrepo lacked a CONMEBOL license.[36]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

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On 13 March 2020, after a meeting with its member clubs, DIMAYOR announced the temporary suspension of the tournament, along with the Primera B and Copa Colombia ones, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[44]

On 29 June, and after an Assembly of its member clubs, DIMAYOR presented a timetable for the implementation of the biosecurity protocol to resume its competitions, with COVID-19 testing for players and staff members of every club scheduled to be held from 10 to 15 July, and individual training resuming the following day. The resumption of collective training sessions, scheduled for 20 August, would be subject to government approval. According to said timetable, the league was scheduled to resume on 27 August, pending the fulfillment of the previous stages as well as final approval by the Colombian government.[45][46] On 25 July, it was announced that the competition would resume on 30 August with alterations in its format, and pending government approval.[4] With the Ministry of Health authorizing stages 4 and 5 of the biosecurity protocol (collective trainings and competition, respectively) on 20 August, and due to some adjustments to the protocol requested by DIMAYOR, that date of resumption had to be pushed back for at least two weeks, to mid-September.[47][48]

On 31 August, the Ministry of Health issued the resolution that approved the adjusted protocol and greenlit the start of collective training sessions for 1 September, while President of DIMAYOR Fernando Jaramillo confirmed that the tournament would resume on 19 September,[49] with the postponed matches Deportivo Cali vs. Millonarios and Deportivo Pasto vs. Deportes Tolima to be played on 13 and 14 September, respectively.[50] On 3 September, DIMAYOR confirmed that the league would resume on 12 September 2020, with the postponed matches as it was planned,[51] while the rest of clubs were notified that the ninth round of the competition would be played in the weekend of 19–20 September, with a meeting to confirm the competition format to be held on 9 September.[52]

On 18 September, the match Atlético Nacional vs. Deportes Tolima was suspended by DIMAYOR on advice from representatives from the Ministry of Health following the confirmation of positive COVID-19 cases in the latter team and despite having authorized the team's trip to Medellín to play the match. The match was scheduled to be played in the evening of that same day,[53] and was eventually rescheduled for 30 September.

First stage

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Fe 20 11 7 2 34 17 +17 40 Advance to the knockout stage
2 Deportes Tolima 20 10 7 3 30 16 +14 37
3 Atlético Nacional 20 10 5 5 39 31 +8 35
4 Deportivo Cali 20 8 10 2 32 23 +9 34
5 Deportivo Pasto 20 9 7 4 27 19 +8 34
6 Junior 20 8 9 3 27 17 +10 33
7 América de Cali 20 9 6 5 31 22 +9 33
8 La Equidad 20 9 5 6 30 23 +7 32
9 Rionegro Águilas 20 8 7 5 27 21 +6 31 Advance to the Liguilla
10 Millonarios 20 7 9 4 29 21 +8 30
11 Once Caldas 20 6 11 3 23 20 +3 29
12 Envigado 20 5 8 7 22 25 −3 23
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 5 6 9 16 26 −10 21
14 Independiente Medellín 20 5 5 10 22 28 −6 20
15 Alianza Petrolera 20 5 4 11 22 35 −13 19
16 Deportivo Pereira 20 4 6 10 17 24 −7 18
17 Jaguares 20 3 8 9 21 30 −9 17
18 Patriotas 20 3 8 9 10 21 −11 17
19 Boyacá Chicó 20 4 3 13 13 33 −20 15
20 Cúcuta Deportivo 20 3 5 12 18 38 −20 14
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.

Results

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Home \ Away APE AME BUC NAC BOY CUC TOL CAL PAS PER ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE
Alianza Petrolera — — 1–2 2–3 — — 0–1 — 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 — — 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 0–1 —
América de Cali 3–1 — 2–1 — 1–0 — — 1–1 3–2 — — 2–0 — — 1–2 0–2 — 3–0 3–1 —
Atlético Bucaramanga — — — 1–2 — 1–0 0–0 0–2 — 1–0 — — 2–2 1–1 — — — 1–1 2–0 1–2
Atlético Nacional — 2–2 — — — 3–0[a] 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 — — — — — —
Boyacá Chicó 2–2 — 1–0 0–3 — 0–2 — — — 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 — — — 1–1 1–0 1–2 —
Cúcuta Deportivo 0–2 0–3[a] 0–1 — — — 0–3 3–3 0–0 — 1–0 — — 1–4 — 1–1 — — — 2–3
Deportes Tolima 3–1 1–0 — — 2–0 — — — — — 3–0 2–2 — 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 — —
Deportivo Cali 2–0 2–1 — — 3–1 — 1–2 — — 2–2 3–0 — — 0–0 1–0 1–1 — — — 3–2
Deportivo Pasto — — 4–0 — 2–1 — 1–3 1–1 — — 1–0 2–1 2–0 — 1–2 — 2–1 — — 1–1
Deportivo Pereira — 0–1 — — — 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 — 1–1 — 1–0 0–2 — 0–2 1–3 — — 1–2
Envigado 3–3 1–1 4–0 — 1–0 — — — — — — 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 2–2 —
Independiente Medellín — — 1–0 1–3 — 4–1 — 2–3 — 1–1 — — 1–1 — — 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 —
Jaguares 1–3 2–2 — — — 0–3 1–1 0–0 — — 0–0 — — 2–2 2–0 4–1 — — — 1–1
Junior 2–1 1–1 — — 3–0 — — — 0–1 — — 1–0 3–2 — 2–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 —
La Equidad — — 2–1 3–4 4–0 4–1 — — 1–1 3–3 — 1–0 — — — — 2–0 1–0 0–0 —
Millonarios 6–1 — 0–0 3–0 2–1 — — — 1–2 — — — — — 2–2 — 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0
Once Caldas — 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 1–1 — 1–1 — 0–3[b] — — 2–1 — — — — 0–0 1–1 0–0
Patriotas — — — 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 — 2–0 0–0 — — — — — 0–2
Rionegro Águilas — — — 2–3 — 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 — — — — 3–0 — 1–0
Santa Fe 4–1 2–0 — 2–2 3–1 — 1–0 — — — 1–1 3–0 — 3–1 1–0 1–1 — — — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ a b Matches awarded 3–0 to América de Cali and Atlético Nacional due to Cúcuta Deportivo entering liquidation.[54][55]
  2. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Pereira due to Once Caldas fielding the suspended player Elvis Mosquera. The match originally ended 2–2.[56]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
7 América de Cali 1 3 4
3 Atlético Nacional 2 0 2
América de Cali 0 2 2
Junior 0 1 1
6 Junior 1 1 2
2 Deportes Tolima 0 0 0
América de Cali 3 0 3
Santa Fe 0 2 2
8 La Equidad 1 1 2
4 Deportivo Cali 1 0 1
La Equidad 1 1 2
Santa Fe 1 2 3
5 Deportivo Pasto 1 0 1
1 Santa Fe 0 2 2

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Pasto 1–2 Santa Fe 1–0 0–2
Junior 2–0 Deportes Tolima 1–0 1–0
América de Cali 4–2 Atlético Nacional 1–2 3–0
La Equidad 2–1 Deportivo Cali 1–1 1–0

First leg

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21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) La Equidad 1–1 Deportivo Cali Bogotá
17:30
  • Castro   89'
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Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wilmar Roldán
21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) América de Cali 1–2 Atlético Nacional Cali
20:00
Report
Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edilson Ariza
22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) Junior 1–0 Deportes Tolima Barranquilla
18:05
Report Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Betancur
22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) Deportivo Pasto 1–0 Santa Fe Pasto
20:10
Report Stadium: Departamental Libertad
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Hinestroza

Second leg

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28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) Deportivo Cali0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 La Equidad Palmira
17:30 Report
Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mario Herrera
28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) Atlético Nacional0–3
(2–4 agg.)		 América de Cali Medellín
20:00 Report
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexander Ospina
29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) Santa Fe 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		Deportivo PastoBogotá
17:30
Report Stadium: El Campín
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Betancur
29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) Deportes Tolima0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 Junior Bogotá
20:00 Report
Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Equidad 2–3 Santa Fe 1–1 1–2
América de Cali 2–1 Junior 0–0 2–1

First leg

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5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) La Equidad 1–1 Santa Fe Bogotá
20:00
Report
Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bismarks Santiago
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) América de Cali 0–0 Junior Cali
20:00 Report Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega

Second leg

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12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) Santa Fe 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		La EquidadBogotá
19:30
Report
Stadium: El Campín
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wilmar Roldán
13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) Junior1–2
(1–2 agg.)		 América de Cali Barranquilla
20:00
Report
Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrés Rojas

Finals

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América de Cali3–0Santa Fe
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega
Santa Fe2–0América de Cali
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Attendance: 0

América de Cali won 3–2 on aggregate.


 Liga Betplay Dimayor
2020 champions 
América de Cali
15th title

Liguilla

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Group stage

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The 12 teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stages were split into three groups of four teams according to geographical criteria and played each one of their rivals once in a single round-robin tournament, with the two highest-placed teams from the first stage in each group playing two matches at home. The three group winners and the best group runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.[57]

The fixture for the Liguilla group stage was unveiled by DIMAYOR on 23 November. Due to the liquidation of Cúcuta Deportivo, DIMAYOR decided to exclude that club from the competition and the Liguilla was played by 11 teams as a result, with one of the groups being comprised by three teams only.[58]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PER RIO DIM ENV
1 Deportivo Pereira 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advanced to the Liguilla semi-finals — 2–2 — —
2 Rionegro Águilas 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 — — 2–1 1–1
3 Independiente Medellín 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3 1–2 — — —
4 Envigado 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 0–1 — 0–3 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL ONC PAT BOY
1 Millonarios 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 9 Advanced to the Liguilla semi-finals — 5–2 — 2–0
2 Once Caldas 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 — — 2–0 1–0
3 Patriotas 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 2–3 — — —
4 Boyacá Chicó 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0 — — 1–3 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUC JAG APE
1 Atlético Bucaramanga 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advanced to the Liguilla semi-finals — — 3–2
2 Jaguares 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0–0 — —
3 Alianza Petrolera 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1 — 2–2 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of group runners-up

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The best team among the three group runners-up qualified for the Liguilla semi-finals.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Result
1 B Once Caldas 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6 2.00 Advanced to the Liguilla semi-finals
2 A Rionegro Águilas 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 1.67
3 C Jaguares 2 0 2 0 4 5 −1 2 1.00
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game, 2) First stage placement.

Semi-finals

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The teams with the best performance after the first stage and the Liguilla group stage hosted the match.

Deportivo Pereira1–1Atlético Bucaramanga
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Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 0
Referee: Diego Escalante
Millonarios0–0Once Caldas
Report
Penalties
 7–6
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edilson Ariza

Final

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The team with the best performance after the first stage and the previous stages of the Liguilla hosted the match.

Millonarios1–0Deportivo Pereira
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Mario Herrera

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Fe 26 14 8 4 41 23 +18 50 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 América de Cali (C) 26 12 7 7 40 27 +13 43
3 Junior 24 10 10 4 30 19 +11 40 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Atlético Nacional 22 11 5 6 41 35 +6 38
5 Deportes Tolima 22 10 7 5 30 18 +12 37 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 La Equidad 24 10 7 7 34 27 +7 37
7 Deportivo Pasto 22 10 7 5 28 21 +7 37
8 Deportivo Cali 22 8 11 3 33 25 +8 35 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana play-off
9 Rionegro Águilas 20 8 7 5 27 21 +6 31
10 Millonarios 20 7 9 4 29 21 +8 30 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana play-off[a]
11 Once Caldas 20 6 11 3 23 20 +3 29
12 Envigado 20 5 8 7 22 25 −3 23
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 5 6 9 16 26 −10 21
14 Independiente Medellín 20 5 5 10 22 28 −6 20
15 Alianza Petrolera 20 5 4 11 22 35 −13 19
16 Deportivo Pereira 20 4 6 10 17 24 −7 18
17 Jaguares 20 3 8 9 21 30 −9 17
18 Patriotas 20 3 8 9 10 21 −11 17
19 Boyacá Chicó 20 4 3 13 13 33 −20 15
20 Cúcuta Deportivo (D) 20 3 5 12 18 38 −20 14 Disaffiliated from DIMAYOR[b]
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana play-off as Liguilla winners.
  2. ^ Cúcuta Deportivo was disaffiliated from DIMAYOR on 25 November 2020 due to the club's liquidation.[59]

Copa Sudamericana play-off

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The Liguilla winners played the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores in a single match for the Colombia 4 berth in the 2021 Copa Sudamericana. The match was hosted by the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.

Deportivo Cali1–1Millonarios
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Penalties
 4–3
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexander Ospina

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1   Miguel Borja Junior 14
2   Jáder Obrian Rionegro Águilas 13
3   Cristian Arango Millonarios 10
  Matías Mier La Equidad
  Agustín Palavecino Deportivo Cali
6   Jefferson Duque Atlético Nacional 9
  Diego Herazo Atlético Bucaramanga
  Adrián Ramos América de Cali
9   Andrés Andrade Atlético Nacional 7
  Ayron del Valle Millonarios
  Jorge Luis Ramos Santa Fe
  Pablo Sabbag La Equidad

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

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A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no teams were relegated at the end of this season, with relegation being postponed until the end of the first semester of 2021 in order to ensure teams could be able to play the same amount of matches as originally scheduled.[5]

Pos
 Team 2018
Pts 		2019
Pts 		2020
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Total
GF 		Total
GA 		Total
GD 		Total
Pts
1 Deportes Tolima 72 64 37 98 137 84 53 173
2 Atlético Nacional 71 66 35 98 143 97 46 172
3 Deportivo Cali 58 67 34 98 133 97 36 159
4 Junior 62 63 33 98 118 77 41 158
5 Independiente Medellín 69 59 20 98 145 120 25 148
6 Once Caldas 63 56 29 98 120 98 22 148
7 Millonarios 51 67 30 98 125 104 21 148
8 América de Cali 47 67 33 98 127 119 8 147
9 Santa Fe 56 46 40 98 120 85 35 142
10 La Equidad 61 42 32 98 111 99 12 135
11 Rionegro Águilas 57 40 31 98 108 119 –11 128
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 58 46 21 98 103 119 –16 125
13 Deportivo Pasto 35 54 34 98 96 98 –2 123
14 Envigado 46 47 23 98 106 120 –14 116
15 Alianza Petrolera 42 55 20 98 102 126 –23 116
16 Patriotas 49 50 17 98 83 116 –33 116
17 Cúcuta Deportivo 42 59 14 98 117 152 –35 115
18 Deportivo Pereira 39 38 18 98 77 137 –60 95
19 Jaguares 39 38 17 98 81 143 –62 94
20 Boyacá Chicó 39 38 15 98 73 146 –73 92

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

Awards

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Team of the year

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Team of the Year[60]
Goalkeeper   Sebastián Viera (Junior)
Defenders   Walmer Pacheco (La Equidad)   Jeison Palacios (Santa Fe)   Edwin Velasco (América de Cali)
Midfielders   Fabián Sambueza (Santa Fe)   Agustín Palavecino (Deportivo Cali)   Andrés Andrade (Atlético Nacional)   Matías Mier (La Equidad)
Forwards   Adrián Ramos (América de Cali)   Duván Vergara (América de Cali)   Miguel Borja (Junior)

See also

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References

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